Transcript: It is very difficult to avoid anthropocentric thinking when considering the issue of life in the universe. Anthropocentric thinking means considering the subject in terms of human origins, human perceptions, human values, and human culture. When we think of science fiction, it’s often the case that aliens look something like us. They are bipedal, or they appear to be mammals or somewhat similar to us in some way. Life in the universe could be so strange as to be unrecognizable. Perhaps the biggest challenge, if life in the universe were discovered and we found that our biology is not unique, would be to the conventional religions of the world. In the Judeo-Christian faith, Christ appears in the image of humans and dies for their sins. What is the situation for such a religion when it’s found that intelligent aliens exist? Do they have souls? Were they saved? What is the role of world religions when we find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? People have barely begun to consider seriously this prospect, but we’re faced with it because the universe is a vast place, and it’s quite likely that intelligent life may exist somewhere.